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West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
Three Assumptions behind the President’s Proposed Cuts to the Safety Net The administration's proposal seeks to reduce the deficit, claiming to accomplish this mainly through domestic spending cuts.How Disasters Wreak Havoc on Financial Health and What We Can Do about It Disasters have negative impacts on credit scores, debt in collections, bankruptcy, and other indicators of financial health.Reckoning with Structural Racism in Research: LBJ’s Legacy and Urban’s Next 50 The disconnect between Johnson’s actions and words illustrates his complexity and grounds Urban’s reflection on its past.Concentration in Multifamily Lending Argues for Full Public Release of More HMDA Data Why not use this information fully to promote transparency on multifamily CRA activity?Making Student Loan Repayment More Logical and Equitable All proposals miss a critical factor: the amount repaid should depend on the amount borrowed.How federal child care subsidy policies can help low-income families maintain consistent care The CCDF Policies Database is a resource for analyzing current and future policies and assessing how states respond to evolving priorities.
